Basketball Quote by Bob Cousy Download Open image “The NBA wasn't a big deal at that time, so it wasn't really in my career plans.” — Bob Cousy ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Basketball Big deal Bigs Career Career Plans Careers Deals Football NBA Plans Really Career Time Time Wasn Wasn Really
I just wanted to get to the NBA. I never thought I would have a career that I've had now. — Robert Horry Copy Share Image
As I grew older, it wasn't just to be in the NBA. The dream was to be successful in the NBA. — Jalen Brunson Copy Share Image
There was a possibility I could have been out of the NBA. It's taught me something that was a little deeper than basketball. I'm… — Lamar Odom Copy Share Image
It was a steppingstone. The NBA, for me, was preparation for me to do something someplace else. — Stephon Marbury Copy Share Image
I love basketball, and I didn't get a chance to finish my career the way I wanted. — Penny Hardaway Copy Share Image
I was supposed to be in the NBA. I was supposed to travel the world and make the world a better place. — Dwight Howard Copy Share Image
Only having a short dose of an NBA career, my entry into pro basketball started in 2003 and ended up being an entry way… — Jay Williams Copy Share Image
I thought I would make it (to the NBA). I believed that I would make it. But I had a Plan B. I was… — Avery Johnson Copy Share Image
I had endured six years of frustration so I think winning it all meant more to me than most of the others on the… — Bob Cousy Copy Share Image
Back then every small town had a gym, and if itseated more than 2,000 then we'd be interested in playing in it. — Bob Cousy Copy Share Image
People have been killing because of racial differences since the time of Adam and Eve, but in this country racism has been primarily aimed… — Bob Cousy Copy Share Image
We hung out on the streets, played stickball, and did all of the things that other kids did. — Bob Cousy Copy Share Image
Kerner decided to trade my rights to the Chicago Stags, which sounded better to me than Tri-Cities, but the Stags folded up almost immediately. — Bob Cousy Copy Share Image
Do your best when no one is looking. If you do that, then you can be successful in anything that you put your mind… — Bob Cousy Copy Share Image
We played every night. Sometimes we'd stay overnight after a game, but we'd usually drive on to our next destination. — Bob Cousy Copy Share Image
My family was poor, my father drove a cab for a living, but we felt normal because everybody else was in the same boat. — Bob Cousy Copy Share Image
The MVP award was very satisfying in terms of personal accomplishments, but the championship was the most important thing of all. — Bob Cousy Copy Share Image
It also didn't take me long to decide that Tri-Cities wasn't for me, and that I wasn't going to go there to play basketball. — Bob Cousy Copy Share Image
Do your best when no one is looking. If you do that, then you can be successful at anything you put your mind to — Bob Cousy Copy Share Image
We love playing together and we love adversity. You know, back-to-back, the two best teams in the East. — Steve Nash Copy Share Image
I don't look at myself as a basketball coach. I look at myself as a leader who happens to coach basketball. — Mike Krzyzewski Copy Share Image
There is no doubt in my mind and I know in my time, there will be a Canadian basketball player playing for Toronto Raptors, 100% — Masai Ujiri Copy Share Image
I learned so much from Sue about the Xs and Os of the game of basketball. — Pat Summitt Copy Share Image
I failed, I think, seven [or] eight times before I finally got my first [championship]. It was just, you know, just about me growing… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
It's similar to basketball: when you go to different gyms and win or lose, you learn something new. So when kids get out of… — Andre Iguodala Copy Share Image
If a Coach is determined to stay in the coaching profession, he will develop from year to year. This much is true, no coach… — Adolph Rupp Copy Share Image
And I want to do it the right way, like everybody else, not just a famous figurehead that gets a job because he is… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
Well, you can certainly teach free-throwing. And you can teach the boys to pass at angles and run in curves. - University of Kansas… — Darryl Dawkins Copy Share Image
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